Having served with said forces I can confirm that their salary structure is composed of basic pay + allowances. The basic pay, the element that is being uplifted, is hardly generous. I imagine the inflation in Dubai/Abu Dhabi is pretty steep at the moment hence the recent strike by the construction labour force. Combine the two and it looks like this uplift will merely restore previous parity.

That said, they are not overworked, they do not deploy on ops, they have extremly limited capability of any description, and officers from Lt Col upwards receive an extremely generous package of allowance in addition to dispensation to act as 'sponsors' for foreign investors.